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Whenever somebody tells me they can no longer run, my own eyes usually well up listening to them. Even though it’s been over three years since my last run, the conversation elicits a taste of that cocktail of emotions—anger, uncertainty, sadness, resentment—that shook me up for years, and I just have to release.
I also release some advice. It’s typically solicited, but sometimes people are frozen when they realize they can’t run. I gently mention a few of the pointers below. After all, there are plenty of coaches who can pace you to a half marathon PR, but those of us who intimately understand the process of losing running are much fewer.
When you get hit with a medical mandate—or self-realization—that your body would be better off not running anymore, it’s debilitating.
You’ve lost your morning anchor of miles and your evening nudge into a good…
